Tag Archives: cocktails

The new Diet Coke commercial involves a passenger having a day dream sequence on an airplane. She day dreams everyone is drinking Diet Coke. Here’s the ad: Lovely, right? Except those flight attendants are probably miserable. Diet Coke fizzes up like crazy when pouring up in the air. Mental Floss says ...

When I was excited about US Airways’ offering free liquor in the club, some people warned me not to get too excited because it was Gordon’s vodka. Not exactly A+ brand. But in the US Airways Club today, I noticed Absolute on the shelf instead of Gordon’s. Not too bad. But ...

When I’m traveling around, I always love a good cocktail. But when looking at the stretch of restaurants and bars before me, how do I know what option is the best? I use Happy Hour Anywhere. Available on both Droid and Apple This App uses your GPS location to identify exactly where you ...

Because of my bartending history, I’ve been getting sent articles about a cruise ship adopting a robot bartender pretty often. It’s pretty adorable looking (sort of something that would be in Wall-E) and is a cool, novel concept. From Royal Caribbean: Here’s the USA Today article on it. The ...

Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s Food and Wine Festival The second annual Food & Wine Festival is currently taking place at Busch Gardens Williamsburg and I had a chance to check it out. The Food & Wine Festival is happening until June 29th on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Samples start at $3 and ...

A few things: Make sure you check in the right way as a Delta Elite to maximize the amount of free drinks you get How Fancy Do You Go With In-Flight Cocktails? Free drinks for non-upgraded Elite Platinums on American Knowing about free drinks on ...

In-flight cocktails are generally basic. You have mixers and you have liquors, and you pair them one-to-one. So you get your Jack and Ginger, or Cranberry and Vodka (hi, Jamison!), or Rum and Coke. But sometimes, when I’m feeling fancy and the flight attendant in a playful mood, I will ...